Mellophone, E-flat
Distributor
Frank Holton & Company
Date1915-1930 ca.
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelBeaufort American
Serial No.66659
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by foliate design: BEAUFORT / AMERICAN / CHICAGO / U.S.A.Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsBell diameter: 267 mm (10-1/2 in)
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 394-395.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02050
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